parcel

Meaning of parcel

noun
  1. an object or collection of objects wrapped in paper in order to be carried or sent by post.
    the lorry was carrying a large number of Royal Mail parcels
    a brown paper parcel
    a parcel bomb
  2. a quantity or amount of something, especially as dealt with in one commercial transaction.
    a parcel of shares
verb
  1. make (something) into a parcel by wrapping it.
    he parcelled up the goods and sent them back
  2. wrap (rope) with strips of tarred canvas, before binding it with yarn as part of a traditional technique to reduce chafing.

late Middle English (chiefly in the sense ‘small portion’): from Old French parcelle, from Latin particula ‘small part’.

Information about parcel

Hyphenation of parcel

par-cel

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • parcel is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

parcel synonyms

Meaning package:

package, bundle, packet

Meaning portion:

portion, share

Meaning tract:

tract

Meaning a small cardboard or paper container and the items contained within it:

pack

Meaning a small, light box or container in which drinks or foodstuffs are packaged:

carton

Meaning a container with a flat base and sides, typically square or rectangular and having a lid:

box

Meaning an instance of a particular situation; an example of something occurring:

case

Meaning a large wrapped or bound bundle of paper, hay, or cotton:

bale

Meaning a bundle or collection:

fardel

Meaning a number of people or things that are located, gathered, or classed together:

group

Meaning a flat, thin strip or loop of material, used as a fastener, for reinforcement, or as decoration:

band

Meaning an organized group of criminals:

gang

Meaning a large number of people gathered together in a disorganized or unruly way:

crowd

Meaning a large crowd of people, especially one that is disorderly and intent on causing trouble or violence:

mob

Meaning a commercial business:

company

Meaning the action or process of collecting someone or something:

collection

Meaning a large group of people:

horde

Meaning a social gathering of invited guests, typically involving eating, drinking, and entertainment:

party

Meaning soldiers or armed forces:

troop

Meaning a group of people who work on and operate a ship, aircraft, etc:

crew

Meaning a number of things, typically of the same kind, growing or fastened together:

bunch

Meaning cover or enclose in paper or soft material:

wrap

Translation of parcel

Anagrams of parcel

carpel, craple, placer

Words that rhyme with parcel

Marcel, Parcel, carcel, marcel, sarcel, tarcel, unparcel, piercel, tercel, tiercel, ensorcel, torcel

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